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Thirty years and counting : Do we still need the ICIS Women'S Breakfast?

Loiacono, Eleanor T. ; Urquhart, Cathy LU ; Beath, Cynthia ; Craig, Annemieke ; Thatcher, Jason ; Vogel, Douglas R. and Zigurs, Ilze (2013) In Communications of the Association for Information Systems 33(1). p.81-96
Abstract

This article discusses an important panel held at ICIS 2011 in Shanghai to mark over thirty years of an ICIS institution, the ICIS Women's Breakfast. The panel addressed the controversial question-is there still a need for the ICIS Women's Breakfast? Panelists were asked if the ICIS Women's Breakfast could be seen as divisive, and if women's issues are different from issues of diversity such as race or sexual orientation. They were also asked why they thought women were still underrepresented in our academic community, and if the lack of women at senior levels was a concern for the community. Finally, the panelists were asked what practices the community would need to adopt to combat what could be seen as structural discrimination in... (More)

This article discusses an important panel held at ICIS 2011 in Shanghai to mark over thirty years of an ICIS institution, the ICIS Women's Breakfast. The panel addressed the controversial question-is there still a need for the ICIS Women's Breakfast? Panelists were asked if the ICIS Women's Breakfast could be seen as divisive, and if women's issues are different from issues of diversity such as race or sexual orientation. They were also asked why they thought women were still underrepresented in our academic community, and if the lack of women at senior levels was a concern for the community. Finally, the panelists were asked what practices the community would need to adopt to combat what could be seen as structural discrimination in our community, which we believe reflects the wider world we live in. We frame the debate and the ensuing discussion in the literature about women in academia, and conclude with some practical and constructive recommendations for the community as a whole.

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Discrimination, Diversity, Feminism, Gender, Gender bias, Mentoring, Promoting women, Women in academia
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Communications of the Association for Information Systems
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33
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1
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16 pages
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Association for Computing Machinery (ACM)
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1529-3181
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10.17705/1cais.03307
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